LaunchHR Summit
From Supporting theBusiness to Building One.
A two half-day virtual summit for HR leaders exploring the leap into fractional and consulting work. Real frameworks. Real stories. Real community.
May 2026 Edition Recordings
Watch the Sessions
Eight sessions from the May 2026 LaunchHR Summit. Click any video to watch.
The Opportunity
The numbers speak for themselves
60%+
Of HR leaders are exploring non-traditional work arrangements
3×
Growth in fractional HR roles since 2022
72%
Of fractional professionals report higher job satisfaction
Who It's For
Two stages of the same journey
Whether you're quietly exploring or already building, this summit meets you where you are.
The Fractionally Curious
Senior HR leaders still in traditional roles who are privately exploring what a fractional or entrepreneurial path could look like.
- Want to know if you're financially ready
- Need to understand the risk profile
- Looking for proof it works
The Early-Stage Builder
HR professionals who have taken the leap or are days away. You need practical frameworks, community, and client acquisition strategies.
- Need to define your signature offer
- Figuring out how to price yourself
- Need strategies to close first clients
“This is a safe space to explore taking the leap and we recognize many of you may be quietly building. What happens in the LaunchHR Summit stays there.”
May 2026 Edition
Topics We Cover
From inspiration to action — honest conversations, practical workshops, and a plan you can execute.
Why Now? The HR Founder Moment
The market forces, the timing, and why this window is wide open. Data, energy, and a rallying cry for the room.
Success Visioning: What Does Your Life Look & Feel Like?
Not about revenue or business models — yet. What does freedom feel like? What does a Tuesday look like? What are you building toward?
Real Talk: The Pros, the Cons & the Things Nobody Tells You
HRpreneurs share the honest truth about going from supporting the business to building one. The good, the hard, and the unexpected.
Different, Not Better: Brand Strategy for Standing Out in a Crowded Market
Define your niche, your ideal client, and your specific point of view. Sweet spot becomes strategy.
AI & Building Your Business
Hands-on session on leveraging AI tools to accelerate your business launch.
The Money Conversation: Pricing, Structures & Year One Reality
What to charge, how to structure engagements, what year one actually looks like financially. Honest, practical, no sugarcoating.
How To Get Clients
Practical strategies for business development and landing your first clients.
Your First 30 Days — The Operational Pieces
The practical checklist: LLC, taxes, website, and what else to sort out in your first month.
Meet Your Hosts
Elles Skony
Founder
Fractional People People
Enrique Rubio
Founder & CEO
Hacking HR
Speakers (May 2026 Edition)
Marissa Achanzar
Caitlyn Beattie
Catalina Colman
Allison Davis
Keri Higgins Bigelow
Jocelyn King
Vijay Pendakur
Vanessa Phung
Ciara Siegel
Tracie Sponenberg
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May 2026 Edition
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This event is organized in collaboration and partnership between Hacking HR and Fractional People People.
Hacking HR is a global learning community of HR and business leaders, HR practitioners, vendors, consultants, investors and technologists, interested in all things at the intersection of future of work, technology, organization, innovation, people, transformation and the impact in HR, the workforce and the workplace.
We are powering the future of work, people and HR.
Fractional People People (FPP) is a community for HR practitioners who have made the leap. FPP is a workspace, platform of resources and a team of chosen coworkers, to support you, teach you, celebrate your wins and help you solution for your challenges during your HRpreneur journey.
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